Tackling tough times
CASCADE, Iowa -- A trusses company as a technology provider? It's the strategy at Cascade Manufacturing Co., where one company branch provides data back-up and Web site development for small and medium-sized ... topix.com |
Hooker Furniture has net loss of $456,000 in first quarter
MARTINSVILLE, Va. a ' Hooker Furniture swung to a net loss of $456,000 from a profit a year earlier as the case goods and upholstery source's sales declined 26.7% to $52.1 million in the fiscal first quarter, ended May 3. In the same quarter last year, the company had earned $2.6 million on sales of $71 million. topix.com |
House Proud
Until now, the world of dollhouses has thrived on Tudors and Georgians filled with wicker, Windsor and chintz, forcing dolls and the children who love them to dwell in a land that time forgot. “They’re all furnished like my grandmother’s house, with terrible old brown chairs,” says Linda Stenberg, the creative director for the new Danish company Minimii (minimii.com). She and her partner Claus Hojer Hansen have come up with an antidote: a 1/16-size reproduction of Arne Jacobsen’s own 1929 hou... nytimes.com |
Stanley to cut 530 jobs
BREAKING NEWS: Stanley to cut 530 jobs Most local manufacturing to move offshore Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.announced today a restructuring plan setting a path toward profitability. topix.com |
United Way's fundraising campaign sets sail literally and figuratively
The United Way of Elkhart County kicked off its 2010 fundraising campaign in a colorful fashion this morning. topix.com |